Endoscopic placement of fibrin sealant as a treatment for a long-standing Boerhaave's fistula

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 348-350

  Harries, K ^a   Masoud, A ^a   Brown, T H ^a   Richards, Dafydd G ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boerhaave's syndrome; Fibrin sealant

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOMITING;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12344305984     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2004.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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